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Worker Exposure to Vinyl Chloride in Vinyl Chloride and Polyvinyl Chloride Production and Fabrication.

PB83116053

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Jones, J. H.
Page Count	202
Abstract	In assessment of worker exposure to vinyl-chloride (75014) (VC) and polyvinyl-chloride (9002862) (PVC) was reported. Toxicological data were presented, including acute and chronic animal and human studies, as well as reported worker exposures. Common methods of VC production, including the acetylene-hydrogen-chloride, oxyhydrochlorination, and ethylene-dichloride pyrolysis processes were described. A description of PVC polymerization processes, including suspension, emulsion, bulk and solution polymerization, were presented. A study to determine worker exposure to VC in monomer, polymerization and fabrication plants was described. Monomer and fabrication plant personnel had generally low levels of VC exposure, as compared to workers in polymerization plants. Workers in polymerization plants had the highest VC exposures. The author concludes that VC concentrations in polymerization plants are hazardous to the workers.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Polyvinyl chloride Vinyl chloride Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Chlorine aliphatic compounds Chlorine organic compounds Toxic substances Occupational safety and health PVC CAS 75-01-4 CAS 9002-86-2
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div. of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198303

Worker Exposure to Vinyl Chloride in Vinyl Chloride and Polyvinyl Chloride Production and Fabrication.

Worker Exposure to Vinyl Chloride in Vinyl Chloride and Polyvinyl Chloride Production and Fabrication.
PB83116053

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Jones, J. H.
Page Count	202
Abstract	In assessment of worker exposure to vinyl-chloride (75014) (VC) and polyvinyl-chloride (9002862) (PVC) was reported. Toxicological data were presented, including acute and chronic animal and human studies, as well as reported worker exposures. Common methods of VC production, including the acetylene-hydrogen-chloride, oxyhydrochlorination, and ethylene-dichloride pyrolysis processes were described. A description of PVC polymerization processes, including suspension, emulsion, bulk and solution polymerization, were presented. A study to determine worker exposure to VC in monomer, polymerization and fabrication plants was described. Monomer and fabrication plant personnel had generally low levels of VC exposure, as compared to workers in polymerization plants. Workers in polymerization plants had the highest VC exposures. The author concludes that VC concentrations in polymerization plants are hazardous to the workers.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Polyvinyl chloride Vinyl chloride Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Chlorine aliphatic compounds Chlorine organic compounds Toxic substances Occupational safety and health PVC CAS 75-01-4 CAS 9002-86-2
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div. of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198303